Scott Dudelson, an avid vinyl collector who lost over 8,000 records in the Palisades fire when his home burned down, at Record Surplus in Santa Monica. (Christina House/Los Angeles Times) Scott ...

Music is a huge part of my life. In 2023, a dormant "analog bug" finally bit and started small with basic record player with ...

Roughly 850 records line the shelves of a basement in a Tacoma home. Laurie Cinotto towers over the vast collection, pinches one album — smaller than the size of her palm — between her forefinger and ...

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In our Record Store Day 2024 issue of the BrooklynVegan Digital Magazine, we talked to many different musicians about how record collecting and independent record stores shaped who they are today. One ...

GATHERING DUST. THERE COMES A TIME IN THE LIFE OF THE COLLECTOR WHEN ONE’S PRIDE AND JOY. YEAH, BECOMES A BIT OF A PROBLEM. AS YOU CAN TELL, THEY’RE EVERYWHERE YOU TURN. LIKE MANY AN AGING BOOMER, JIM ...

Pentridge Prison’s radio station played donated albums for its inmates. Twenty-six years after the site’s sale, a local shop ...

A neighbor has around 300 mostly classical vinyl records and is looking to sell them. She contacted several local (Raleigh, NC) record stores, but there was little, or no interest. I don't know the ...

Scott Dudelson, 45, peers out over the shelves of Santa Monica vinyl shop Record Surplus. First opening its doors in 1985, it's been his home away from home since childhood. While other kids were ...